tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post7039144830129839181..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Saving Miss EmilyLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-22056324770673808212014-09-02T09:29:24.795-04:002014-09-02T09:29:24.795-04:00Inside word is that the buyers have hired the orig...Inside word is that the buyers have hired the original artist to recreate the mural on the new building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-88139302352229709082014-08-31T14:32:15.694-04:002014-08-31T14:32:15.694-04:00Dr. Ed 8:03
Whatever happened to the mess at the o...Dr. Ed 8:03<br />Whatever happened to the mess at the old dump with the solar panels, anyway? I moved her last year and heard that the town had signed a deed in the '80's promising it would not develop anything atop the landfill for 99 years, then a few hundred families bought homes there, and twenty years in, the town decided it could ignore the deed.<br /><br />Good liberal 'eminent domain'? I think they had a bald eagle nest (or some other bird) out there on the landfill too!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-84103744904479823932014-08-31T10:24:59.159-04:002014-08-31T10:24:59.159-04:00Pretty sure only the Select Board can accept/give ...Pretty sure only the Select Board can accept/give easements <br />So 1 signature from someone on the historic commission doesn't commit the town to anythingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-79691780238332657702014-08-31T08:29:25.094-04:002014-08-31T08:29:25.094-04:00People donated to fund that mural -- they'd al...People donated to fund that mural -- they'd all have a claim for damages and not just for the amount they donated because they could argue it was an "investment in the community" and that they want the mural preserved, not their money back.<br /><br />The Teachers' Union donated -- ...Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-67705774983742856942014-08-31T08:03:18.452-04:002014-08-31T08:03:18.452-04:00A wall that the duly-authorized agent of the Town ...A wall that the duly-authorized agent of the Town agreed to leave standing "in perpetuity." A wall that faces a cemetery that was recently improved with a significant amount of public money and which (I presume) is on the National Register of Historic Places.<br /><br />The only thing missing is a Bald Eagle nest on the roof -- the Town has a <b><i>mess</i></b> here because a lot of third parties (starting with the person who painted the mural) would have grounds to sue seeking "specific enforcement" of the "in perpetuity" clause.<br /><br />Remember the fuss about putting solar panels on the old dump? This is quite a bit more specific than that -- this is an actual easement not unlike, say, the easement that the Town has for sewer lines, including the one that dumps into the Connecticut River.<br /><br />Except it isn't written like a regular easement -- I don't think the Town can abandon it.<br /><br />Like I said -- messy...Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-25782393418611723802014-08-31T00:14:57.805-04:002014-08-31T00:14:57.805-04:00Oh please, a wall painted so it faces a cemetery a...Oh please, a wall painted so it faces a cemetery and no one sees it. It's no Mona Lisa. Tear it down and move on. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-85140430960414079012014-08-30T23:11:04.076-04:002014-08-30T23:11:04.076-04:00Was the chair authorized to do so?
If so -- very ...Was the chair authorized to do so?<br /><br />If so -- very interesting...Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-58307205490746823842014-08-30T22:58:36.322-04:002014-08-30T22:58:36.322-04:00Looks to me like it was the Chair of the Historica...Looks to me like it was the Chair of the Historical Commission who signed off on this in behalf of the town. Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-76606971800736957162014-08-30T22:54:00.652-04:002014-08-30T22:54:00.652-04:00No Larry, *really* interesting.
On the level of w...No Larry, *really* interesting.<br /><br />On the level of what would be needed to sell off Cherry Hill for houselots....<br /><br />Did the town manager have the authority to encoumber the town (in perpetuity) -- and if so, NO ONE can void that, not even via Emminent Domain because he waived that right and hence the town did...Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-33130543909447186382014-08-30T20:24:31.722-04:002014-08-30T20:24:31.722-04:00Save the mural! It is wonderful...Save the mural! It is wonderful...Deborah Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923573276490955811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-66468851284055920082014-08-30T12:55:19.404-04:002014-08-30T12:55:19.404-04:00Amherst small town politics is always interesting....Amherst small town politics is always interesting.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-41894292701438750522014-08-30T12:53:20.854-04:002014-08-30T12:53:20.854-04:00This is where things start to get really interesti...This is where things start to get really interesting...Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-56810191985999545762014-08-30T10:53:08.006-04:002014-08-30T10:53:08.006-04:00Williams Trumps Amherst?Williams Trumps Amherst?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-19797444196393312752014-08-30T10:24:05.890-04:002014-08-30T10:24:05.890-04:00Yes. And no.
I don't need no stinkin' w...Yes. And no. <br /><br />I don't need no stinkin' weapons. Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-75428950791921680792014-08-30T10:23:08.267-04:002014-08-30T10:23:08.267-04:00The mural is a wonderful piece of work and I hope ...The mural is a wonderful piece of work and I hope they find a way to either keep it as it is or preserve it. Maybe they can hire a team of Lego experts to take it aprat and rebuild it. <br /><br />Only shame is the location, many visitors to town have no idea it is even there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-80558938557546553352014-08-30T09:35:36.385-04:002014-08-30T09:35:36.385-04:00Larry, have you moved up to drone photography?
Nic...Larry, have you moved up to drone photography?<br />Nice pictures, you're not planning on arming that thing are you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com